White Flowering Plants

This humble little plant is to be found everywhere on heaths and meadows and pastures. It blooms plentifully in summer and autumn. The flowers of the Eyebright grow in clusters of four to six at the end of the main stem. They are white, or pale lilac streaked with pink, and they are small and […]

This unpleasant-smelling plant is common all over the country, except in the North of Scotland. It grows in woods and copses and on hedge-banks, and it blooms in early summer. Each flower grows on a short stalk, in a loose cluster at the end of a stout juicy stem. When in bud these flowers are […]

In all parts of the country this slender, graceful plant is abundant. You will find it growing on damp banks and on the mountain side, and it blooms throughout the summer. The flowers are cup-shaped, and they grow singly on short stalks which branch from the main stem near the top. Each flower has five […]

The Common Chickweed is found all over the country. It grows in fields, in waste ground, and on hedge-banks, and it is in flower from spring till autumn. The Chickweed is a feeble, straggling plant, and it grows in an untidy mass near the ground. It is one of those plants that look very different […]

The Common Bladder Campion is to be found all summer by the edge of fields and pastures. It is a tall, slender plant, with white flowers which grow each on a thin short stalk, two or three close together at the end of a smooth stem. The flowers have five petals, and each petal has […]

The Cow Parsnip is a common plant which you find all over Britain in summer and autumn. It is one of a large family of plants which have from eight to twenty stiff green spokes at the end of the stem. These spokes are all about the same length, and they stand up like the […]

The Sea Carrot is common in many parts of Britain, where it blooms on the seashore all summer and autumn. It belongs to the large family of plants that carry their flowers on green spokes like the ribs of an umbrella, and as these flowers are very confusing, you must notice the differences carefully. The […]

The Shepherd’s Purse is a very common plant, and it is not at all attractive. It is found all summer by the roadside and in waste places. The flowers grow close together on short stalks near the top of a spike. They are very small, with tiny white petals, and those flowers which grow lowest […]

The modest Snowdrop, with its graceful, drooping head, grows abundantly all spring in meadows and pastures and orchards in England and Scotland. It is not so common in Ireland. The flower is enclosed in a grey sheath, edged with bright green lines. After the flower bursts out of the sheath, it droops from the end […]

The dainty Wood Sorrel is common all over the country. It grows in damp woods and in shady places, and it blooms in spring. The flowers grow singly at the end of slender pink stalks. They are large, and have five beautiful white petals, slightly tinged with pink. These petals are covered all over with […]